Vitrines
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Glass, Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Marble, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Glass, Mirror
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Nutwood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Crystal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Glass, Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Wood
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Bronze
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Wood
1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Glass, Teak
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Glass, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Chrome
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Wood
1880s Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique Vitrines
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Steel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Aluminum, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Wood
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Fir
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Aluminum, Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Wood, Glass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Aluminum
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Glass, Teak
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Glass, Pine
19th Century Napoleon III Antique Vitrines
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Crystal
1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass, Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Iron
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vitrines
Teak
Early 1900s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Vitrines
Glass, Wood
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass, Chrome
Antique and Vintage Vitrines
Why not give your precious collectibles the case pieces they deserve? Antique and vintage vitrines can be used to safely store and display your most treasured objects.
While they were initially used to display relics in churches or to preserve specimens for scientific observation, vitrines are best known for their place in retail spaces and museums. The name for these glass display cases comes from the Latin word “vitrum,” meaning glass, as well as the Old French word “vitre,” which also refers to glass. Instead of simply showcasing collector’s items on shelves, you can bestow extra importance on them by displaying them in a vitrine for passers-by to observe and admire.
Not all vitrines are created equal. Over time, furniture makers have explored different shapes and sizes for vitrines. A display case you’ll find in a retail store will likely look drastically different from what you’ll see in a museum or art gallery. A vitrine in a shop is likely there to best market specific wares to the general public, while in museums there is usually a range of different vitrines intended to house and protect single objects or to display a grouping of artifacts.
Most of us have an antique, new or vintage case piece in our home. Though the terms “case pieces” and “case goods” may cause even the most decor-obsessed to stumble, these furnishings have been a vital part of the home for centuries. Any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — cabinets, dressers, buffets — may be properly termed a case piece.
Mirror-backed vitrines, which refer to cases that usually feature shelved and mirrored interiors, are a most appropriate home for your jewelry or decorative objects. Adding such items to a vitrine already suggests that there is an irreplaceable preciousness to the case’s contents, and the mirrors will emphasize as much as well as refract more light to render the display eye-catching.
On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of antique and vintage vitrines to protect and preserve your most prized items. The collection of mid-century modern vitrines and Art Deco vitrines is mostly inclusive of those built with a wooden frame, but there are many other types to choose from as well. It’s time to give your collectibles a good home!